PAOerfulone said:
nuckles87 said:
If there was no Atari Pong, there would have been no industry for Nintendo to resurrect, because there wouldn't be one, and Nintendo would still be making cards and toys.
Lets not forget, Nintendo's first foray into home gaming wasn't the NES. It was a pong clone. :P
And also, the NES did not resurrect the gaming industry. The industry was still quite alive on home computers like Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and MSX, which were very popular gaming devices in their own right. NES simply re-legitimized standalone game consoles in the US market.
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Last I checked, this was a thread about the most significant CONSOLE in history. Since when was this discussion about home computers?
There have been numerous rises and crashes for the video game market, it wasn't until Nintendo entered the fray when gaming stabilized and grew into what it is today and there hasn't been a crash since.
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But you said the NES saved the INDUSTRY. In the 80s, console gaming did not equal the industry. ;)
There was one rise, and one crash in the US console market. And yes, Nintendo did stabilize it, with controls and regulations meant to reign in the Wild West console gaming became after Atari lost control of their platform. But there would have not been an industry for Nintendo to stabilize, without Atari and their Pong consoles.
